Fates And Furies

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Genres: Fiction
Aurélie, eleven, alone, understood nothing. At last she saw the man holding the sign with her name on it and knew with a rush of relief that this must be her uncle, the much older brother of her mother. The child, the grandmother always said, of her wicked youth; though her old age was wicked as well. The man was jolly, round, red, full of sympathy. Already, she liked him.“No, mamzelle,” he said. “Non oncle. The driver.”She didn’t understand, so he pantomimed driving a car. She swallowed her disappointment.“No parlez français,” the driver said. “Except voulez-vous coucher avec moi.”She blinked hard, and he said, “No, no, no, no, no. No vous. Excusez-moi. No voulez coucher avec vous.” He flushed redder and chuckled all the way to the car.He stopped off the highway to buy her a strawberry milkshake; it cloyed and made her stomach hurt but she drank it all because it was kind of him. She was frightened of spilling on the leather seats and held the cup carefully all the way to her uncle’s... house.They stopped on a gravel drive.MoreLess
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